Good to choice quality Hereford steer calves were used in this test. There were three lots, 10 head to a lot, all being fed the same except for the difference in grain preparation. The calves originated in the vicinity of ...

The nutritive value of bluestem pasture usually begins to decline
rapidly after mid-summer. This test is concerned with what effect the
feeding of protein supplement after mid-summer will have on cattle
gains and ...

This is a report on the wintering phase of this test. It will be completed at the close of the grazing season in 1952. This study is to determine the best method of wintering good quality steer calves that are to be grazed ...

The primary objective of this test was to find the most satisfactory method or methods of wintering steer calves that are going to be grazed on bluestem pasture during the summer and sold off grass as feeder yearlings. ...

Thirty head of good quality, about 750-pound, Hereford yearling
steers were used in the test which was started December 7, 1951.
The steers were purchased in the spring of 1951 and had been grazed
on bluestem pasture ...

This test is to determine if yearling steers can be wintered satisfactorily on dry bluestem pasture. Different protein supplements as well as methods of feeding them on dry bluestem pasture are being tested.
Forty head ...

Seventy good quality Hereford heifer calves were purchased for $31.50 a hundredweight in east central Kansas and received October 1, 1951. The pay weight was 425 pounds per head. It was necessary to dehorn most of the ...

This is a preliminary report covering the first 98 days of this feeding trial which is still being conducted; therefore the reader should bear in mind that the figures are in no way conclusive or complete.
The physical ...

In the winter of 1951-52 a test was made of the response of ewe
lambs to rations containing different proportions of roughages, and
concentrates as well as of their response to rations made up of some of
the more common ...

Lamb fattening rations varying in physical nature but virtually
alike chemically have been studied at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment
Station for a number of years. Previous tests have been
demonstrated that the rate ...

This is a report of the wintering phase of this test. Following this phase the different lots will be grazed together on bluestem pasture and then full-fed grain until they grade choice. One objective of the test is to ...

Forty-five good quality Hereford heifer calves were purchased in
south-central Kansas for use in this test. They were fed silage, prairie
hay, 1 pound of protein, and 2 pounds of milo grain per head daily until
the test ...

Eighteen good quality Hereford steer calves were used in the test. They were part of a group of 150 steer calves obtained from Marfa, Texas, for experimental purposes. They were divided into two lots of 3 head each and ...